The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-03-04
The Partner.

HNhpsOn, DunIOru ~ Iurf. o. SWlntln
Ane Lombard street It was neither
avery responsible nor n very lucrative
sosi,ion, and Tommy (as all his friends
called him) lonSed, rs perhaps so, 900
young men in a similar situation in
London are longing at this moment.
Tor chance OF turning his brains to
better account than adding up columns
sf figures and copying entries from one
,k;g book into another The chance did
not come. but Tommy did not despair;
and there was this difference between
him and the great majority Of his fell
INV prisoners ut the deslk-hc had the
tdnek to work away mautully at what
ever he thought might possibly some
3ay help him to better his position. even
though he could not see exactly how it
GAS to be done.
With this end in view he got up
French, German and Italian; and he did
Everything he could TO pick up infor-
U,ation as to the financial circumstances
.sf the customers of the bank. He
%raped acquaintance with every clerk
employed by those who had accounts at
the bank, as he possibly could, and
picked up in time an idea. more or less
.eeiirate, rs to the commercial status
sf most of them.
One day he happened TO be at lunch
in bis favorite restaurant. when an &C
yuaintance named Darling came in and
sG down beside him. After a little
rasual conversation, Darling asked him
" let him know of any vacant clerk
dip he might hear of.
al Will, certainly. cd fellow" re-
hrned Tommy; but hope you haven't
got into n row with Appleton" Erred
rrick Appleton was Darlings brother
bl-law, and he was also Secretary of
Abe Mudford and County Chem cal
Company, in whose countng-house
young Darling had subordinate post.)
oh, no, nothing of the kind, re-
armed Darling; and then he changed
Ne subject.
On his way back TO the bank after
iuneh, Mathers asked himself why Oar
Smg should leave his present situation.
He had a capital prospect there his
as0thcr-in-law being the secretary; and
Esere was no disagreement between
Ann and his influential relative. Could
a be that Darling had had hint from
ms brother-in-law that the Chemical
Company was getting into shallow
water, and that 1t behooved him to be
seoking out for another stuation' 1t
aeemed more than likely and young
Hathers determined to act at once.
He slipped into the bank parlor that
afternoon, hoping to find the junior
partner, Mr.. Parr, good natured sort
of man, who was not likely to snubb
him for volunteering information. To
Ais disappointment he found only blr.
Hodgson, a sour-tempcred old man,
~ao was struggling into his overcoat,
preparatory to leaving the office for
che day.
well" growled the banker. "what
DO you want?"
Tommy was on the point of saying
shat he had come to speak to Mr.. Parr,
hat ia a moment he had changed his
mind.
81 heard something to-day. sir, "
ne replied, "that made me think that
sas Mudford Company are not in
very good way"
..Well, what of tbatP what's that to
xe?"
Nothing, sir only thought there
gas no harm in letting you know"
Anything of that kind you can say
- Mr.. Parkinson" answered the old
gentleman, as he seized his umbrella
md waddled down the passage.
Tommy felt snubbed; but he did not
mind that much He had done what
ne wanted-brought himself under the
rersonalnotice of one of the partners.
II he had given the hint to Parkinson,
tiie head cashier. Parkinson. not he,
would have had all the credit of 1t.
He retired to his place among the
other clerks little sore at the rebuff,
get not entirely dissatisfied.
o. his way home Mr. Hodgson re-
membered that the bank held some
shares Of the Mudford Chemical Com
pany as security for the balance of the
account of one of Their customers who
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